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Donna, did you work at Brushy Mountain?
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<blockquote data-quote="donna723" data-source="post: 479310" data-attributes="member: 1883"><p>No, Janet, I never worked at Brushy Mountain. Brushy Mountain is in East Tennessee in Morgan County. The one where I worked is in Middle Tennessee, about 60 miles west of Nashville. Ours was officially designated as Close Security but we had many Maxium Security inmates there. Brushy Mountain was one of the antiquated prisons that was almost impossible to keep up to standards. It was out in the middle of nowhere and was every bit as foreboding as it looked! It didn't close down all at once though, inmates and staff were gradually transitioned to other state prisons in the area. There are several in that region. James Earl Ray was the one who murdered Martin Luther King. I remember when he died. The thing that always surprised me was that, in spite of his infamy, he spent most of his incarcerated years living in the general prison population and was not on protective custody like you would think.</p><p></p><p>I never got to visit Brushy because of the distance but I did visit the old Tennessee State Prison in Nashville for business several times before it was closed down, when the inmates were still there. It was built before the Civil War and still had the old multi-tiered cell blocks. This is the one that looks very much like a castle from the front with the towers and turrets on the top. Since it closed down, there have been several movies filmed at the old TSP including "The Last Castle" with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. </p><p></p><p>Hard to believe that I've been retired for 15 months now but I don't regret it one little bit! It was never the inmates, you get used to them. It was all the BS and the "politics" and the game playing. Since you worked for the State before, I'm sure you know exactly what I mean. I retired at 64 with 24 years in. If I had stayed one more year my pension would be higher and my insurance would have been lower, and if I had stayed two more years my social security would be higher than what it is, but I was to the point where I was mad all the time and hated the thought of going in to work anymore and it was time to go!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donna723, post: 479310, member: 1883"] No, Janet, I never worked at Brushy Mountain. Brushy Mountain is in East Tennessee in Morgan County. The one where I worked is in Middle Tennessee, about 60 miles west of Nashville. Ours was officially designated as Close Security but we had many Maxium Security inmates there. Brushy Mountain was one of the antiquated prisons that was almost impossible to keep up to standards. It was out in the middle of nowhere and was every bit as foreboding as it looked! It didn't close down all at once though, inmates and staff were gradually transitioned to other state prisons in the area. There are several in that region. James Earl Ray was the one who murdered Martin Luther King. I remember when he died. The thing that always surprised me was that, in spite of his infamy, he spent most of his incarcerated years living in the general prison population and was not on protective custody like you would think. I never got to visit Brushy because of the distance but I did visit the old Tennessee State Prison in Nashville for business several times before it was closed down, when the inmates were still there. It was built before the Civil War and still had the old multi-tiered cell blocks. This is the one that looks very much like a castle from the front with the towers and turrets on the top. Since it closed down, there have been several movies filmed at the old TSP including "The Last Castle" with Robert Redford and James Gandolfini. Hard to believe that I've been retired for 15 months now but I don't regret it one little bit! It was never the inmates, you get used to them. It was all the BS and the "politics" and the game playing. Since you worked for the State before, I'm sure you know exactly what I mean. I retired at 64 with 24 years in. If I had stayed one more year my pension would be higher and my insurance would have been lower, and if I had stayed two more years my social security would be higher than what it is, but I was to the point where I was mad all the time and hated the thought of going in to work anymore and it was time to go! [/QUOTE]
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